Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc.
CALATAGAN 2005
Photographs by and courtesy of Mel Orpilla and Belinda Santos-Orpilla
A salute to all Filipino American writers and artists
whose artistic endeavors enrich and elevate the
the Filipino American community and the community at large.
Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc.,
on behalf of the community of Filipino American writers and artists,
celebrated on November 5, 2005, at the Randall Museum Theater
in San Francisco, the second Calatagan Awards recognizing
the following individuals
for their contribution in 2004-2005 in the arts,
and in particular,
to the creation or the promotion of the growing wealth
of Philippine American literature.
Journalism/Magazine: Filipinas Magazine
Journalism/Newspaper: Philippine News
Online E-zine: Our Own Voice: Remé-Antonia Grefalda
Book Distributors/Promoters:
Arkipelago Books: Marie Romero
Philippine Expressions Bookshop:Linda Nietes
Book Publisher: T'Boli Publishing: Eduardo Datangel
Philippine/Philippine American Cultural Exhibitions:
FAAE/Pistahan: Al Perez/Luz DeLeon
Filipino Artists and Performers Group: Dalisay BocoboBalunsat
Librarian/Promoter:
Estela Manila/Filipino American Center SF Library
Philippine American Organization:
FANHS: Dorothy and Fred Cordova
Theater: Bindlestiff Studio, SF
Film/Documentary:
Singing Songs of Leyte: Eli Africa
Manila Bayou: Harold Kekoa Bayang
Estela Manila, Pio Candelaria
Music/Performing Artist: Florante Aguilar
AUTHORS
Children‘s Books:
Lakas and the Manilatown Fish:
Anthony D. Robles(author), Carl Angel (illustrator)
Ceres S.C. Alabado: Molokai Mo’Bettah
and a special recognition to Almira Astudillo Gilles: Willie Wins (2001)
Non-fiction:
Penelope Villarica Flores: Good-bye Vientiane:
Untold Stories of Filipinos in Laos
David C. Martinez: A Country of Our Own
J.Mark Muñoz: Land of My Birth
Mel Orpilla: Filipinos in Vallejo
Janet Stickmon: Crushing Soft Rubies
Marcelline Santos Taylor: Missing Mangoes:
For Filipinos and Those Who Love Us
Leny Strobel: A Book of Her Own
Abe Ignacio, Enrique de la Cruz, Jorge Emmanuel, Helen Toribio:
The Forbidden Book: The Philippine American War in Political Cartoons
Fiction/Poetry
Lilia Hernandez Chung: The Rush of the River
ER Escober: The Givenchy Code
Wilfrido D. Nolledo: Cadena de Amor and Other Short Stories
Oscar Peñaranda: Seasons by the Bay, Full Deck
Marianne Villanueva: Mayor of the Roses
Nick Carbó: Andalusian Dawn
Luis Francia: Museum of Absences
Sarah Gambito: Matadora
Luisa Igloria: Trill and Mordent
Paolo Javier: The Time at the End of This Writing
60 lv bo(e)mbs
Jon Pineda: Birthmark
Z. Cruz Ramirez: Walking and Other Stories
Bino A. Realuyo: The Gods We Worship Live Next Door
Barbara Jane Reyes: Poeta en San Francisco
Lolan Buhain Sevilla: Translating New Brown
Eileen Tabios: I Take Thee, English, For My Beloved
Menage a Trois with the 21st Century
Behind the Blue Canvas
Post Bling Bling
The P.A.W.A. Inc. Calatagan Award
2500 years ago our ancestors left a literary legacy excavated in the caves of
Calatagan, Batangas, Philippines. Archeologists discovered a palayok
earthenware with a Baybayin inscription written along the rounded shoulder
surface of the pot.
P.A.W.A's Calatagan award
(created by San Frandcisco Bay Area ceramics artist Sharlyn Shegoian)
is inspired by this artifact. The pottery (palayok) speaks
to the utilitarian and universal usage of this kind of pottery the whole world over.
Locally crafted, the shape lends itself to many functions: cooking vessel,
storage bin, writing material. The inscribed Philippine ancient writing embedded
in the clay is symbolic of its rich and enduring aspect.
Calatagan Awards Night
Saturday, November 5, 2005, 7:00 P.M.
Randall Museum Theater
199 Museum Way, San Francisco, California
For directions click on the following:
http://www.randallmuseum.org/planvisit.cfm
Hiyas Philippine Folk Dance Company
Jorge Emmanuel, Abe Ignacio
Z. Cruz Ramirez
Estela Manila, Harold Kekoa Bayang
Florante Aguilar
Janet Stickmon
Lolan Buhain Sevilla
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